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Boston’s 10 most outlandish historical moments
Fact is stranger than fiction! Enjoy these odd (but true!) landmark events in Boston's history: No. 1: Fenway's…
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No. 8: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
OK, he wasn't exactly from Boston, but John Adams (along with his second-cousin Samuel Adams) was among the most…
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War, what is it good for? Sometimes, absolutely everything
After the Battle at North Bridge in Concord, while the British retreated and began their march back to Boston, some Massachusetts men…
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Religious freedom resource planned by Becket Fund
WASHINGTON – Each year, a presidential proclamation declares Jan. 16 a Religious Freedom Day, honoring a Virginia law written by Thomas Jefferson in…
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Attacking our founders
Many of my columns speak highly of the wisdom of our nation's founders. Every once in a while, I receive…
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Don’t look now, New England, but political correctness can bite you, too
When Thomas Jefferson's original tombstone, a granite obelisk that was given to the University of Missouri in 1885, was slated…
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Nation awash in debt
A couple of recent reports illustrate just how dire the United States federal government's debt situation really is. The federal…
